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Historical Event on 11/16/1998
Kiran More, former Indian stumper, calls it a day from first class cricket at Baroda.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/5/1922 | Pandita Ramabai, social worker and philosophist, passed away. |
| 10/6/1999 | Suraj Bhan sworn in Governor of Bihar. |
| 2/10/1846 | British forces under Hugh Gough defeated Sikhs in the Battle of Sobrahan in India. |
| 2/10/1846 | Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Protuguese India, passed away in a battle. |
| 1/27/1931 | Mahatma Gandhi was released from jail, ending eight months of imprisonment for his campaign of civil disobedience against British rule. To avoid demonstrations, Gandhi was released late in the evening from the Yerovda jail and put on a night train to Bombay. There was hope in British circles that the release of Gandhi would end the strife and lead to discussions of dominion status. Gandhi made clear, however, that he would persist in his civil disobedience campaign. |
| 7/16/1929 | Indian Council of Agricultural Research, an autonomous apex national organisation which plans, conducts and promotes research, education, training and transfer of technology for advancement of agriculture and allied sciences, was established. It has 45 Central Research Institutes, 4 National Bureaux, 10 Project Directorates, 30 National Research Centres, 90 All India Co-ordinated Research Projects, 261 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and 8 Trainers Training Centres. |
| 8/25/1992 | Mi-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35 Squadron and was renamed as 104-Helicopter Squadron. |
| 8/25/1992 | Mughal army defeated Rana Pratapsingh in the battle of Haldighat. |
| 10/20/1990 | Kona Prabhakar Rao, former Governor of Maharashtra, died. |
| 7/9/1755 | E Braddock, British General, was mortally wounded during French & Indian War. |
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